On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

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Figure 1: illustration of the estimated concentration of chlorophyll in the presence of the marine farm relative to that prior to the farming-area’s development.  A value of 1 indicates no depletion.  A value of 0.94 indicates 6% depletion.  The inner-most black rectangle is the 1200 ha marine farming zone.  The middle rectangle has an area that is 50% larger than the central one.  The outer rectangle demarcates the maximum area to which the analysis initially assumed a farm influence may extend.  Ultimately, the analysis revealed that the influence extended only to about central rectangle.